Arlen Schumer is one of the foremost historians of comic book art—Comic Book Artist magazine named him "one of the more articulate and enthusiastic advocates of comic book art in America,” and the original version of his coffeetable art book The Silver Age of Comic Book Art (Archway Publishing), which won the Independent Book Publishers Award for Best Popular Culture Book (for its original ’03 edition); and a recognized expert on the work of Hall of Fame comic book artist Neal Adams—see especially The Neal Adams Sketchbook (Vanguard) below, among other articles and VisuaLectures, and join his Facebook group, Neal Adams Almanack.

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BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES

COMICULTURE

EULOGY FOR CURT SWAN

VisuaLecture eulogy delivered at the Connecticut chapter of the National Cartoonists Society, with the Swan family in attendance, Weston, CT, September 18, 1996 (Swan died on June 17); see Curt Swan in Color, below. View the Eulogy video here.

NEAL ADAMS: THE DC YEARS

Special issue of Comic Book Marketplace #40, October 1996; designed cover (colored by Bill Sienkiewicz ), and conducted, edited & designed 48-page interview.

THE SILVER AGE OF COMIC BOOK ART

Coffeetable art book that highlights the work of eight legendary artists who drew definitive versions of the industry’s greatest characters against the backdrop of the turbulent 1960s, including thoughts, ideas, and quotes from the artists themselves. Its original edition was the winner of The Independent Book Publishers Award for Best Popular Culture Book of 2003; order the revised edition hardcover (signed & unsigned) and e-book here: http://www.arlenschumer.com. Read the New York Times review; see its VisuaLecture and related interviews on YouTube.